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Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Lawrence Bruce Thistle

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Military service

Service number: J/10874
Age: 27
Rank: Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 427 Sqdn.
Birth: December 14, 1916 St. John's
Enlistment: March 6, 1941 Nova Scotia
Death: June 13, 1944

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 2. F. 3.
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Son of William James Thistle, and Isabell Thistle, of Truro, Nova Scotia.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 200 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (Leubringhen) Pas de Calais, France

Leubringhen is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, halfway between Calais and Boulogne. The Calais Canadian War Cemetery is in Leubringhen and is situated on the east side of the Calais-Boulogne road, 14 kilometres from Calais.

From Calais leave the motorway at junction 9 and turn left onto the N3-E402 toward St Inglevert. Proceed through the village and immediately after, turn first left over motorway bridge and follow the road for approximately 250 metres. The Calais Canadian War Cemetery will be found on the left.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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